{"id":2159,"date":"2009-12-25T17:08:04","date_gmt":"2009-12-25T21:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=2159"},"modified":"2009-12-25T17:08:04","modified_gmt":"2009-12-25T21:08:04","slug":"pm-pledges-better-life-for-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=2159","title":{"rendered":"PM pledges better life for citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"

December 25, 2009
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PM Patrick Manning<\/a>Better roads, health, security, water electricity supply is Prime Minister Patrick Manning\u2019s gift to the nation for the coming year. In his Christmas message to the nation, Manning said the Government understood the needs of citizens but patience was required to accomplish some of its goals. He said despite international turbulence, T&T had been able to make progress and remained a further fortified democracy. \u201cWe have weathered the most severe international economic crisis since the 1930s, one whose effects continue to persist in most countries,\u201d Manning said. He said in the midst of the effects of the economic crisis still being faced by most countries and despite T&T\u2019s significant loss of revenue, this country had been able make a \u201cturbulent crossing with greater steadiness than most.\u201d
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\n\u201cBut we are not complacent, and have already put in place measures to deal with any possible further aggravation in the global economic climate,\u201d Manning said. He said the Government had ensured that development programmes were kept on track, including a thriving economy, low inflation, high per capita income, education opportunities for all, housing, poverty reduction and employment generation. \u201cWe recognise that much work remains to be done,\u201d he said. \u201cWe understand the needs of our people and are working to satisfy them,\u201d he added. Further singing praises to the Government\u2019s achievements, Manning highlighted the successful hosting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) and the Fifth Summit of the Americas held recently.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough this historic undertaking, our country contributed very significantly to the hemispheric and global agenda,\u201d he said. He noted that coming out of the Summit meeting there was willingness for greater collaboration on economic and social issues among nations of the hemisphere. \u201cAnd from CHOGM, there is now the path for a revitalised and more influential role for the Commonwealth in international affairs,\u201d he said. He said as a result of both prestigious events, T&T\u2019s stature had been enhanced and this country was now in a position to exercise a positive influence on regional and international issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cVery significant economic benefits will also accrue, as is evidenced from the exciting prospects that continue to emerge from the international exposure our country received from the great gathering of political and business leaders in T&T in 2009,\u201d he said. He urged the nation to live in love for one another and in the midst of differences to have continued respect, strict adherence to the law and harmonisation with the environment. \u201cEven though we have some distance to travel towards the ideal society, let the words of our mouth and the meditation of our hearts be acceptable in the sight of the Christ whose birth we celebrate,\u201d Manning said.<\/p>\n

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December 25, 2009 guardian.co.tt Better roads, health, security, water electricity supply is Prime Minister Patrick Manning\u2019s gift to the nation for the coming year. In his Christmas message to the nation, Manning said the Government understood the needs of citizens but patience was required to accomplish some of its goals. He said despite international turbulence, … Continue reading PM pledges better life for citizens<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,1,30,7],"tags":[82,1015,49],"class_list":["post-2159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finance","category-general-tt","category-pnm","category-politics","tag-patrick-manning","tag-politics","tag-tt-govt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2160,"href":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159\/revisions\/2160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}